So, the show is onto San Francisco for the auditions tonight...Heidi from Hawaii can sure sing opera. But, the judges were right. She's not 'American Idol' fodder -- she has a totally different talent.
Shawn Vasquez. Eek. He's making my head vibrate. Make him go away. Simon says his voice is "almost nonhuman." He does look crushed, but he really cannot sing. Good. He went away.
Jose "Sway" started a streak of onto Hollywoods.
Now there's Matthew "Wolfie" Thompson who thinks he sounds like Clay Aiken. No, he does not. He reminds me more of Lumpy Rutherford from 'Leave it to Beaver.' NEXT, please!
John Williams, an Air Force guy, is on. Some halfway decent stuff. I like his remix dance. Simon, no. Paula, yes. Randy... yes. He's going onto Hollywood. Simon had the nerve to say Randy was mean with a comment about "circus act." As if...!
Now there's a segment on voice teachers. SF seems to have a crowd of them.
Now we have Katharine McPhee, who has a voice teacher, singing 'God Bless the Child.' Very good, in my opinion. Nice. Simon says "absolutely fantastic." Randy says "best voice all season." Yikes... in looks she reminds me of a young Valerie Bertinelli! She makes it to Hollywood. Of course.
Eric Cornforth. No!
She quit her job to try out for 'American Idol' -- Shalicia Carlysle (sp) -- may be a poet, but she ain't no singer. She's still trying. Stop her! Simon finally does. He tells her quitting her job wasn't the best career move ever. Randy says she "ain't got it goin' on." Simon told her he'll call her boss to get her job back and does it. She got it back! Simon likes her, just not the singing part.
16 year old Shawn White is up. Dang. To me it sounds like she's trying out for the Broadway role of Annie. Now she's singing an Alicia Keys song. Much better. Simon says no. Randy calls him weird. He says yes. Paula says yes. It's Hollywood.
Now Randy is confronting Simon.
Marcus Phillips claims he's a singer/songwriter/dancer/actor, etc. -- all terrain entertainer/ His falsetto sucks. I think he's just silly. He can beatbox. Ah, Randy mentioned the falsetto. It wasn't just me.
Jayne Santayana is up. Nice enough voice. I thought she was overly emoting. Simon says she didn't conquer the song. Randy liked her. Now Randy and Paula are confronting Simon. Paula and Randy say yes to Simon's no. She's onto Hollywood. The confrontation betwixt judges is on again.
Lady Big Hair? Deborah Dawn Tilley, female rocker, is up. She's frightening me. Paula says a bit much, but yes. Randy, not blown away. Simon says "somebody's mother dared her to be Cher." Randy says no. Simon says he's put off by her image (so am I). He says no.
Now Paula is going at Simon. He's walking out. Down the hall and on the cell phone. He went back to the hotel. Paula and Randy see the last alone - a kid named Manuel who drinks hot sauce from the bottle. Okay. His head wiggles when he sings. He can sing a bit, but he's straining to do so. And wiggling. He's got cute dimples, but a no.
18 are onto Hollywood. Next week we see Vegas and the Return of Cowell.
Now, if Blogger cooperates, maybe I can get this entry posted! Blogger's been down for making entries most of the evening when it was only supposed to be down for a half hour at 7 PM ET. Grr
